Exodus 1:11, 15-17, 8

The Egyptians put slave bosses in charge of the people of Israel and tried to wear them down with hard work. Those bosses forced them to build the cities of Pithom and Rameses, where the king could store his supplies.

Finally, the king called in Shiphrah and Puah, the two women who helped the Hebrew mothers when they gave birth. He told them, “If a Hebrew woman gives birth to a girl, let the child live. If the baby is a boy, kill him!” But the two women were faithful to God and did not kill the boys, even though the king had told them to.

Many years later a new king came to power. He did not know what Joseph had done for Egypt